"The Penguins made goaltending a priority at the 2012 draft, leading them to Murray. He was a backup at 17 and mediocre at 18, but delivered on his potential this season. His numbers are among the OHL's best and he set a Greyhounds single-season record with his sixth shutout by his 40th start. His combination of height, smarts and technical profiency is rare. The Penguins want him to improve his quickness as he fills out and works on his skating." (Jonathan Bombulie, The Hockey News Future Watch 2014, p. 42)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Pittsburgh Penguins in third round (83rd overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 23, 2012.

Signed to amateur tryout contract with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL), April 6, 2013.

Signed to three-year entry-level contract with Penguins, September 4, 2013.

Recalled to the Penguins because of a Marc-Andre Fleury concussion, the highly-touted Murray made his National Hockey League debut on December 19, 2015, at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh as the Penguins faced the visiting Carolina Hurricanes. Murray played well, stopping 24 shots in a 2-1 loss. "It's kind of hard to see the good in things right now," Murray said. "It's pretty frustrating, but it was a very exciting day for me. Unfortunately, it didn't go the way I planned, but I was proud of how I played."

INJURIES:

Left game with injury, April 9, 2016. Late in the first period, Murray was hit in the helmet as Philadelphia's Brayden Schenn cut across the top of Murray's crease in a scoring attempt. Jeff Zatkoff completed the game for the Penguins.

Suffered broken thumb, September 19, 2016. Murray completed the World Cup victory for North America over Russia, even after he hurt himself diving across the net trying to make a save.

Left game with head injury, November 16, 2016. With 24 seconds left in the first period of Pittsburgh's 7-1 loss in Washington, Murray left the game after a scrum near the net when he lost his helmet and was hit in the face by teammate Evgeni Malkin's stick. Marc-Andre Fleury finished the game, allowing the final five goals to the Capitals.

Left game with lower-body injury, December 28, 2016. According to Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, the injury was sustained near the end of the second period in Pittsburgh's 3-2 win over Carolina, and Marc-Andre Fleury played the final period.

Missed game with lower-body injury, April 12, 2017. Murray was scheduled to start the Pittsburgh Penguins' playoff opener against Columbus, but was injured during warmups, and Marc-Andre Fleury played instead (with Tristan Jarry backing up).

Left game with lower-body injury, November 27, 2017. At 15:39 of the second period in Pittsburgh's 5-4 win over Philadelphia, Murray collided with Flyers forward Jakub Voracek, and was replaced by Tristan Jarry.

NHL PENALTY SHOTS:

DATE

SHOOTER

GOAL?

NOTES

01/07/2018

Brad Marchand

N

02/13/2019

Connor McDavid

N

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

DATE

DEC

OPPONENT

GF

GA

12/30/2015

L

Toronto

1

2

Peter Holland

P-A Parenteau

03/29/2016

W

Buffalo

2

0

Ryan O'Reilly

Jack Eichel

11/26/2016

W

New Jersey

1

0

P-A Parenteau

Mike Cammalleri

Travis Zajac

02/07/2017

L

Calgary

0

1

Kris Versteeg

Sean Monahan

03/23/2017

L

Ottawa

0

2

Kyle Turris

Bobby Ryan

03/31/2017

W

NY Rangers

2

0

Mika Zibanejad

Mats Zuccarello

12/21/2017

W

Columbus

2

1

Cam Atkinson

Artemi Panarin

Jack Johnson

Oliver Bjorkstrand

12/27/2017

W

Columbus

2

0

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Artemi Panarin

02/09/2018

L

Dallas

0

1

Alexander Radulov

Tyler Seguin

Jason Spezza

11/01/2018

L

NY Islanders

0

1

Jordan Eberle

Brock Nelson

Josh Bailey

03/19/2019

L

Carolina

0

1

Dougie Hamilton

Sebastian Aho

Jaccob Slavin

03/21/2019

W

Nashville

1

0

Ryan Johansen

Ryan Ellis

Brian Boyle

MISCELLANEOUS:

Announced leave of absence from Penguins after the death of his father, James, January 17, 2018.

Left game with equipment issue, November 3, 2018. At 6:24 in the second period of Pittsburgh's 5-0 loss to Toronto, Murray was replaced by Casey DeSmith. Murray returned to the Penguin net at 9:37 of the frame.

DID YOU KNOW?

On February 11, 2019, Matt stopped 50 Flyers shots in a 4-1 Pittsburgh victory, including a perfect 28-for-28 in the second period.

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